Her 1997 self-titled debut album brought her onto the country music scene as a herald of a more neotraditional country music sound, in a genre that had begun to sound more pop-oriented with the likes of LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill and Shania Twain topping the charts. The hits from that first album were "Never Again, Again", "The Fool" and "You've Got To Talk To Me."
Her second album, 1998's Some Things I Know, set the tone for what the pop oriented direction of country music sought to encapsulate in the late 1990s. It brought us "A Little Past Little Rock", "(Now You See Me) Now You Don't" and "I'll Think Of A Reason Later", while her third and possibly most successful album to date, 2000's I Hope You Dance, featured, along with the award-winning aforementioned title cut (to which Sons of the Desert supplied the backing vocals) also featured the hits "Why They Call It Falling" and "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" as well as covers of the 1980 Rodney Crowell hit "Ashes By Now", and the Don Williams' 1981 classic, "Lord I Hope This Day Is Good."
Womack's fourth album, Something Worth Leaving Behind, released in 2002, was seen by many as an attempt by her to cross over to the very pop-sound of which she was the antithesis five years earlier. The title cut and "Forever Everyday" were the only two singles released. Both went into the top 40 country chart.
Her most recent album, 2005's There's More Where That Came From features "I May Hate Myself In The Morning", the album's first single, which is viewed by many as a return to the traditional sound that brought her success in her earlier career. Later in 2005, Womack won three awards at the Country Music Awards: Single of the Year for "I May Hate Myself In The Morning", Album of the Year for There's More Where That Came From, and Musical Event of the Year for her duet, "Good News, Bad News", with George Strait.
Womack has recorded a few duets that have been released as singles. In 2002, her duet with Willie Nelson, "Mendocino County Line", became his biggest hit in several years. In 2004, she worked with country band Cross Canadian Ragweed on the track "Sick and Tired". The song had moderate success and received a bit of video airplay.
Womack has two daughters; Aubrie (with ex-husband Jason Sellers) and Anna Lise (with current husband Frank Liddell). Both daughters appeared in the video for "I Hope You Dance".
In Summer of 2006, Womack announced plans to release a new studio album in the fall, titled Finding My Way Back Home but it has been pushed back to 2007. The first single, which was the album's title track, peaked at #37 in late 2006.
Discography
Studio Albums
* Lee Ann Womack (1997) Platinum
* Some Things I Know (1998) Gold
* I Hope You Dance (2000) 3x Platinum
* Something Worth Leaving Behind (2002)
* There's More Where That Came From (2005) Gold
* Finding My Way Back Home (2007)
Virtual Albums
* iTunes Originals - Lee Ann Womack
Compilation Albums
* Greatest Hits (2004)
Christmas Albums
* The Season For Romance (2002)
Trivia
* Lee Ann wore dental braces on her teeth in the late 1990's, being one of the few public figures to wear visible braces in adulthood.
* Lee Ann also sang with Chris Jericho (of WWE fame) and Olympic gymnast Carly Patterson in the FOX show "Celebrity Duets" in 2006.
* Lee Ann Sang her hit song "I Hope You Dance" at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
* Lee Ann was once married to singer/songwriter Jason Sellers. The couple had one daughter, Aubrie Lee Sellers, born that same year. The couple divorced in the late 1990s. In 1999, she married former record executive Frank Liddell, and has had a second daughter, Anne Lise Liddell.[1]
The Healing Kind
Lee Ann Womack Lyrics
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Another painful day is done
If I could convince myself I was over you now
I'd find a way to go on somehow
But the pain just grows stronger every day
I think of you and I'm on my way
Down every lane with your hand in mine
Another December and the cold winds blow
And nights without you are so long
I stare at our picture through the firelight's glow
And where you are right now I just don't know
But the pain just grows stronger every day
I think of you and I'm on my way
Down every lane with your hand in mine
Guess I'm just not the healin' kind
"The Healing Kind" is a country ballad by Lee Ann Womack, released in 1998. The song reflects on the pain that comes with trying to move on after heartbreak. The lyrics describe a woman who is struggling to let go of a past love, despite her efforts to convince herself that she is over him. She looks out the window at the end of another day and feels the weight of the pain that continues to grow stronger. She imagines walking down every lane with her ex-lover's hand in hers and realizes that she is not the "healing kind" - meaning, she is unable to recover from heartbreak in the same way that others can.
Line by Line Meaning
Starin' out the window at the sinkin' sun
The singer is looking out the window at the sunset, feeling sad.
Another painful day is done
Each day is a painful reminder of what the singer has lost.
If I could convince myself I was over you now
The singer wishes they could get over their lost love.
I'd find a way to go on somehow
If the singer could move on, they would try to find a way to continue living their life.
But the pain just grows stronger every day
Sadly, the singer's pain only gets worse as time passes.
I think of you and I'm on my way
Thoughts of the lost love cause the singer emotional distress.
Down every lane with your hand in mine
The singer remembers walking down the street with their lost love.
Guess I'm just not the healin' kind
The singer is finding it hard to move on from their lost love and feels like they may not be capable of healing.
Another December and the cold winds blow
The singer is reflecting on another winter without their lost love.
And nights without you are so long
The singer is struggling with loneliness on long nights without their lost love.
I stare at our picture through the firelight's glow
The singer looks at a picture of their lost love by the light of the fire.
And where you are right now I just don't know
The singer doesn't know where their lost love is or what they're doing.
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Written by: GREG LUCK, RONNIE BOWMAN
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